The Huffington Post has a very interesting article that says that medical marijuana users in the 14 states that currently allow the use of the otherwise illegal substance to treat medical conditions – presumably including Michigan – are routinely being denied the right to get organ transplants at hospitals around the country.
For in the now fourteen states that allow legal medicinal use of cannabis, a registered patient in need of a life-saving organ transplant will be disqualified for "abuse of illicit substances."...
All across America, hospitals are booting patients off of organ transplant lists because of their use of cannabis. Being a legal user of cannabis for medicinal purposes in the now fourteen states that recognize that right is of no help; even legal medical marijuana patients are essentially given a death sentence by hospital and insurance bureaucracies for their use of a safe, non-toxic herbal remedy.
This could be a particularly important issue in Michigan because the University of Michigan Hospital is one of the nation's premiere transplant centers, performing hundreds of organ transplants every year.
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Source: The Michigan Messenger
Author: Ed Brayton
Contact: Michigan Messenger
Copyright: 2009 The Michigan Messenger
Website:Medical marijuana patients denied organ transplants
For in the now fourteen states that allow legal medicinal use of cannabis, a registered patient in need of a life-saving organ transplant will be disqualified for "abuse of illicit substances."...
All across America, hospitals are booting patients off of organ transplant lists because of their use of cannabis. Being a legal user of cannabis for medicinal purposes in the now fourteen states that recognize that right is of no help; even legal medical marijuana patients are essentially given a death sentence by hospital and insurance bureaucracies for their use of a safe, non-toxic herbal remedy.
This could be a particularly important issue in Michigan because the University of Michigan Hospital is one of the nation's premiere transplant centers, performing hundreds of organ transplants every year.
News Hawk- Weedpipe 420 Magazine - Cannabis Culture News & Reviews
Source: The Michigan Messenger
Author: Ed Brayton
Contact: Michigan Messenger
Copyright: 2009 The Michigan Messenger
Website:Medical marijuana patients denied organ transplants
